Iconoclasm in revolutionary Paris : the transformation of signs /
From Ancient Egypt to the Arab Spring, iconoclasm has occurred throughout history and across cultures. Both a vehicle for protest and a means of imagining change, it was rife during the tumultuous years of the French Revolution, and in this richly illustrated book Richard Clay examines how political...
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Oxford :
Voltaire Foundation,
2012.
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2012:11. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Iconoclasm as sign transformation: the Parisian Revolution of 1789
- 2. Catholicism and iconoclasm in Paris, 1789-1790
- 3. Iconoclasm in Paris in 1791
- 4. Iconoclasm in Paris in 1792
- 5. Iconoclasm in Paris, 1793-1795
- Conclusion.